jon: what about that simon? virginia is a critical state this time around and do you think that the president lost any naval votes, any navy veterans, any active duty navy personnel as a result of what he had to say about the navy? >> president didn't attack the navy last night. i think any assertion that he did is farcical and silly and was not people paying attention to what he said. what he said we have a more modern navy. which have more effective capacities. you can't measure it based on number of boats you have but on the force that we can project. we have nuclear submarines. we have aircraft carriers. we didn't have those things, 70, 80 years ago. i think the president was affirming smart strategic insvelts modernizing the navy made it more effective and lethal that it was 70 or 80 years ago. i don't think he lost anybody in the navy and marines. i think the real problem for mitt romney last night what it said out of leadership. what we want out of our leader to be steady and strong. he was all over the p